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Euronext.liffe beefs up French options
Euronext.liffe, the derivatives arm of European exchange group Euronext, has increased the size of its CAC40 index options by a factor of ten.
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Size matters, finds Greenwich survey
The ability to execute large currency trades is one of the key components in winning new FX business from corporates and institutional clients, according to latest research from Greenwich Associates.
Lehman boosts European equity derivatives unit
Lehman Brothers has hired three former JP Morgan equity derivatives specialists to beef up its European business.
GM and Ford downgradings catch dealers off guard
A wave of frenzied trading on Thursday afternoon was triggered by Standard and Poor’s downgrading of General Motors and Ford Motor, and their financing units, to junk status, driving credit spreads to record highs.
RWE Trading reorganises coal, oil and freight ops
Alex Thistlethwayte has joined RWE Trading, part of German utility RWE, as head of a new department, Global Commodities Trading. He was previously director of oil trading at Deutsche Bank in London and has also traded natural gas at BP. The move is part…
Rodriguez quits JP Morgan interest rate sales team
Tracey Rodriguez has resigned from JP Morgan Chase, where she worked as a senior salesperson in London, covering interest rate products and reporting to desk head Sikander Ilyas.
CCRO data hub update to follow Energy Risk USA conference
The US-based Committee of Chief Risk Officers (CCRO) will give a presentation in Houston next Wednesday, May 11, on the energy data hub it is developing. The session will follow the last presentation of the Energy Risk USA 2005 conference and will take…
JP Morgan and SunGard collaborate on collateral management system
JP Morgan Chase and SunGard have teamed up to create a collateral management system based on SunGard’s Adaptiv product for over-the-counter derivatives. Aimed at smaller end-users, it will allow existing JP Morgan clients, such as corporate treasurers,…
Deutsche hires Ritter to head commodities
Deutsche Bank has hired Mark Ritter as global head of commodities.
TFS continues expansion with Arc Oil purchase
Connecticut-based broker TFS is in fierce expansion mode: yesterday it announced its purchase of oil broker Arc Oil, an oil broker headquartered in Houston. This follows TFS’s recent opening of a Houston office and re-entering US coal and emissions…
BNP Paribas hires derivatives marketer in NY
BNP Paribas has appointed Jerry Hammerschmidt as a senior equity derivatives marketer and managing director in its New York office.
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